It is ironic and upsetting that a nation built on immigration is increasingly unwelcoming to immigrants and that the words ” go back” are becoming a political rallying cry.
I am for immigration full stop.
I think opening our arms and borders to people who want to come here, work, build their lives and businesses and futures makes our country stronger.
It always has. Nothing that is great about the United States was accomplished without immigrants.
Immigrants built our docks, they built our railroads, they built our automotive industry, and they built our technology industry.
If we were to close our borders completely, I believe we would be a second rate country within a couple of generations.
Immigration is new blood, new ideas, a work ethic, a belief in a better future, a willingness to take enormous risk, burn the boats, and get it done.
We need that in our society. We will die without it.
